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Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders (Parker-Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 690.21
EAN: 9780471587033
Edition: 8th
ISBN: 0471587036
Label: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 694
Publication Date: 1993-10
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Studio: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Editorial Review:
Considered a standard in the field, this edition has been updated and expanded. Presents a minimum of fundamental structural mechanics and a digest of the basic issues regarding common forms of construction in major structural materials of wood, steel, concrete and masonry. Contains a new section on the topic of strength design, the latest information on model building codes and industry standards, a chapter on the basic nature and some detail of trusses. Includes a wealth of illustrative examples.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wrong presentation for the target audience
The book's title claims to be simplified engineering for architects and builders, members of the latter group often having no engineering training. As such, I expected the book to cover key structural and other building engineering issues in engineering terms in an appropriate tutorial format. Instead, the book is a collection of reference materials, distilled down. I majored in EE in college and took several semesters of static and dynamic engineering courses, and still had problems with this ... Read More
Rating:  - Overrated - This book is "broken"
GOOD: The book does an excellent job presenting steel concepts and is adequate in concrete.
POOR: As an instructor for structures courses for architects, this book is simply disastrous. The wood section, also, is incomplete. Errors run rampant through the book's text, examples, and problem solutions through the book. Even within the same edition, book answers can vary book to book. Furthermore, current methods are mixed with the old leading to an incorrect presentation of the ... Read More
Rating:  - A very good book for the beginner
The book explains the fundamentals of structural analysis well, mainly statically determinate structures. The book also covers design fundamentals for various materials, mainly: wood, steel, concrete and masonry.
I used an earlier version of this book many years ago, as an introductory book. The book is good for the beginner.
Rating: - Simplified for better understanding
This Book is excellent. easy to read and understand. this book has given me all the info i needed and then some. i highly reccommend this book!!
Rating: - Excellent introductory book
This book explains the fundamentals of structural analysis (mainly statically determinate structures) and then goes on to the design fundamentals for different materials (wood, steel, concrete and masonry) followed by the design of the structural system for a building. I first used an earlier edition of this book when studying for my undergraduate degree as an introductory book before reading the course texts. The present edition maintains the "easy to understand" explanations of the ... Read More
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